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- Museum number
- 1875,0508.1433
- Title
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Object: The Inside View of the Rotunda in Renelagh Gardens with the Company at Breakfast
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Series: A Collection of Views of old London and its environs
- Description
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View of the interior of a large circular building; elegantly dressed figures gather standing or seated at tables in the large open space, a large extravagant fireplace in the centre of the room, musicians playing in stands on the left. 1754, this state c.1840
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1754
- Dimensions
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Height: 291 millimetres
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Width: 409 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- This plate was first published with the series 'Vauxhall and Ranelagh Gardens', listed in John Bowles' catalogue for 1753 p. 46. The plate was reissued a number of times, including for Stow's Survey of 1754, before coming into the hands of Francis West in the mid-nineteenth century, whose 'Collection of Views' used the plates from the stock of John Bowles and his successors. By this stage the plates were not in good condition, which explains the poor impression.
For an impression published in Stow, see 1880,1113.2459
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1875
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1875,0508.1433
